The Pop Corporation

You may not know this, but thankfully we’re on hand to let you in on the secret – The Junipers are the greatest band in the entire world. Melding heady psychedelia, bubblegum pop and baroque rock, there’s no-one quite like them. Impossibly catchy, superbly crafted and two tonnes of fun, they’ve been hibernating for a while after a run of wondrous LPs.

Honcho Joe Wiltshire released a DIY folk-psych shed-pop masterpiece under ‘The Yellow Pegs’ and singer Robyn Gibson has been keeping himself busy with his magic Bob of the Pops releases and manning the drumstool in Portable Radio. They are once again reunited under the Junipers umbrella and all is right in the world again.

The have a new single out tomorrow called ‘Annie Almond’ (that’s July 11th if you’re reading this away from the day of publishing) and it will be available exclusively on their Bandcamp. Better news is that there’s going to be an album too at the end of August called ‘Imaginary Friends’ and we’re super excited to hear it. It’ll be available from Music | The Junipers (bandcamp.com)

The single is just as brilliant as you’d expect, filled with honey-dipped melodies and Pepperland instrumentation. Any worry that they were going to take a sharp left and begin a new drum ‘n’ bass direction is not founded. It’s beautiful, hopeful and catchy-as-hell.

While we don’t have a video to show you yet (we’ll share that when it’s out), but here’s their wonderful ‘Dandelion Man’ to get lost in, in the meantime. Make sure you buy the single tomorrow.